News Releases Archive

May 11, 2018

FFRF protests body blow to the Constitution in Nebraska

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is calling attention to a recent — slightly macabre — violation of the First Amendment at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. A concerned student …

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May 11, 2018

FFRF denounces sectarian N.M. city flag

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is expressing its dismay over a New Mexico city’s recent adoption of a blatantly Christian official flag. The city of Belen recently approved a flag …

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May 9, 2018

FFRF spotlights Illinois principal’s preachiness

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is asking an Illinois elementary school principal to take First Amendment lessons. La Harpe Elementary School Principal Lila McKeown reportedly uses her position to promote …

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May 8, 2018

Morris County risks taxpayer dollars by appealing unanimous case

A conservative religious legal fund is leading a New Jersey county down the garden path — and the misdirection could cost taxpayers quite a bundle. On April 18, the Freedom …

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May 7, 2018

Planned Parenthood’s Cecile Richards to speak at FFRF’s convention

One of the nation’s leading advocates for women’s rights and social and economic justice will be addressing the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s yearly gathering in early November. Cecile Richards, former …

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May 7, 2018

FFRF lambasts Wyoming governor for religious decree

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is taking exception to the Wyoming governor’s intense official involvement in recent National Day of Prayer events. Gov. Matt Mead’s office had emailed every Wyoming …

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May 3, 2018

FFRF concerned by Minn. city-sponsored prayer

The Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) is insisting that a Minnesota city end its continuous endorsement of Christianity. A resident of Columbia Heights reported to FFRF that during a city …

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May 3, 2018

FFRF offers ‘A’ badge to counter continuing scout bias

Even as the Boy Scouts of America is overhauling its membership and nomenclature to be inclusive, it still has a blind spot regarding a marginalized group: the nonreligious. “For 108 …

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May 3, 2018

New executive faith order another blow to Constitution

A just-issued executive order is one more slap in the face of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. The White House is hyping this faith-based order, which it is …

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